rchased by a joint venture between Partners Group, The Family Office, SDP Investments, and The Carlyle Group for around 9 billion yuan.
rists from China view cherry blossoms from a boat in Kyo
hen Zeyong, CEO of online visa service tigerwing.cn, said the Jap
anese government issued 7 million visa stickers for Chinese nationals last year.
“If visas become a bar code or QR code emailed to applicants, their w
orkload will be greatly lessened,” he said during the Shanghai World Travel Fair on Thursday.
Japan Tourism Agency data showed that 8.38
million tourists from the Chinese mainland trave
led to Japan in 2018, representing year-on-year growth of 13.9 per
cent and contributing nearly 27 percent of international tourists.
China has been the world‘s largest source of tourists since 2014, reachin
g nearly 150 million last year, according the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Located in Mega Mall in eastern Bucharest, the first
Mi Store in the eastern European country occupies 200 square meters, offering some
300 products, including smartphones, cameras, speakers, headsets, smart watches, selfie sticks, electri
c scooters, smart robotic vacuum cleaners and even casual backpack.
“With opening of the flagship store in the country,
we are pleased to announce that the Mi fans can purchase the first Xiaomi phones offi
cially in Romania,” said Zhang Guoren, Xiaomi authorized representative in Romania.
Xiaomi is currently the fourth largest smartph
one producer in the world and Romanians have long been familiar with its products.
China’s former world number one Ding Junhui took a 6-3 lead over Anthony McGill of Scotland in th
e opening day’s snooker world championship at the Crucible Theatre here on Saturday.
Ding, ranked 10th in the world, pulled ahead 4-1 with breaks of 64 and 70. World num
ber 24 McGill, who was crushed last year here by Ding 13-4 in the second round, won the next frame 73-57 but D
ing made a break of 129 points in the seventh frame and took the eighth easily for a 6-2 lead.
nland to study. Since then, an increasing number have pursue
d studies in more developed areas in China.Tsering Lhakyi, born in the 1990s, was raised in Tibet’s Nagchu prefecture. Because of h
er high scores in the primary school, she was admitted to an inland Tibetan middle school. After the national colle
ge entrance exam, she applied to a university in Yantai, Shandong province, because she “wanted to see the sea”.
“The inland class truly taught me a lot about many new things,” sh
e said. As a fan of music, Tsering was once a singer in a bar and released two singles in Tibetan.
In 2017, she went on a popular talent show called Sing! Chi
na and became a sensation in the music industry thanks to her u
nique style of music. Before Tsering, there were no other Tibetan contestants on the show, she said.
“People thought Tibetan singers were all about ethnic
music, but I wanted to break that stereotype,” she said.
Liu Hua, with Qinghai’s Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, said China’s favora
ble ethnic policies not only brought quality education to students in ethnic areas but also c
Industry insiders said that the rapid development of interne
technology in China and people’s heavy use of online shopping, mobile payment and
banking services have allowed e-visa services to take root quickly in the country.
“Such services, which save the time and trouble of sending passports and paper documents back and fort
h, suit the young groups, who usually don’t plan for a trip far ahe
ad of time,” said Li Ailing, founder of lvyouquan.com, which provides tourism information to agencies.
Objectivity and impartiality were emphasized in the latest draft revisions to the Jud
ges Law and the Procurators Law submitted to China’s top legislature for review on Saturday.
According to the drafts, judges should adjudicate based on facts an
d the law, guided by objectivity and impartiality. Procurators should do the same.
Procurators must strictly ensure that crimes are punished only
under the law, and protect human rights. They must prosec
ute criminals while protecting the innocent from criminal prosecution, the draft revisions say.
The two drafts are under their third readings at the
ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
The emphasis on objectivity and impartiality was suggested after the drafts’ seco
nd readings, as legal experts pointed to the importance of procurators to objectively collect evidence.
The new drafts also stipulate tighter supervision over judges and p
rocurators and give them more responsibilities such as keeping business secrets and personal priva
cy information. There will be legal consequences if they fail to do so, according to the drafts.
China aims to substantially reduce water consumption by 2020 to ta
ckle a supply bottleneck that could undermine the environment and sustainable economic growth.
By next year, waster usage per 10,000 yuan (about $1,492) of gross domestic product will b
e 23 percent less than in 2015, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
The country also aims to cap water consumption below 670 billion cubic meters by 2022 and 700 billion cubic meters by 2035.
hina still faces serious scarcity of water resources. Its
per capita water resource share lags far behind the world average.
An action plan jointly released by the NDRC and the Ministry of Water Resources has
put forward major initiatives to meet the goals, promoting management mechanism of water saving cont
acts and water-saving service industries. job fair is held for foreign students at the University of Inter
national Business and Economics in Beijing on April 18, 2019. Around 1,000 foreign students attended, seeking jobs
Torrential rains have hit many cities in South China’s Guangdong on Friday, bringing traffic chaos.
Guangzhou Baiyun Airport had seen 104 flights canceled, 66 flights delayed for more than
an hour, and 19 flights diverted to other airports by 11:30 am. Huadu district, where Guangzhou’s air
port is located, announced a red signal, the top-level warning for heavy rain, at 11:04 am.
The airports in Shenzhen and Zhuhai have also been affected by the downpour.
Many trains between Guangzhou and Shenzhen were delayed, with stranded passengers waiting at the train stations.
Sonam was born in Jone county in Gannan Tibetan
autonomous prefecture of Gansu province. Under China’s et
hnic policies, Sonam was able to study at a middle school in northern Hebei province.
“There were many ethnic classes in our school, and many of my classmates were ethnic min
orities,” he said. After graduation, Sonam went for further study in Britain.
“I am from a small town, but education truly broadened my horizons,” he said.
Over the past decades, favorable policies have b
rought benefits to many children in Tibetan areas.
Sonam likes watching NBA games in his spare time. Fluent in C
hinese, Tibetan and English, he is also a fan of Tibetan rap
and occasionally hangs out with friends at a bar in downtown Beijing.
The inland class truly taught me a lot about many new thi
she said. As a fan of music, Tsering was once a singer in a bar and released two singles in Tibetan.
In 2017, she went on a popular talent show called Sing! China and became a sensation in the music industry thanks to her un
ique style of music. Before Tsering, there were no other Tibetan contestants on the show, she said.
“People thought Tibetan singers were all about ethnic music, but I wanted to break that stereotype,” she said.
Liu Hua, with Qinghai’s Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, said China’s favorable eth
nic policies not only brought quality education to students in ethnic areas but also changed their lives.
“These graduates are using their wide range of knowledge and ima
ges to influence people around them and generations to come,” Liu said.
lack of skilled workers and the poor educational foundation in the Tibet autonomous region, the government decide
d to offer classes to Tibetan children. In 1985, the first batch of them went inland to study. Since then, an incr
easing number have pursued studies in more developed areas in China.Tsering Lhakyi, born in the 1990s, was ra
ding AI and internet of things. The system can read t
the ALS patients’ thoughts through identifying the patien